Etymograph

English

foodification

food + -ification; likely styled after gentrification.

Formed from food + -ification

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to guard, graze, feed’

Proto-Germanic *fōdô ‘food’

Proto-West Germanic *fōdō

Old English fōda ‘food’

Middle English fode ‘food’

English food

Today it means

noun An urban phenomenon and form of gentrification when a neighborhood’s businesses are aggressively displaced by tourist-oriented eateries or specialty food halls.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / foodification